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精彩对白

Charlotte: Hello?

Beydoun: Miss Jones, please.

Charlotte: Samantha, it's the front desk.

Samantha: This is Samantha Jones.

Beydoun: Miss Jones,this is Beydoun from front desk. I will need the credit card number for the room charges.

Samantha: Beydoun, there must be some mistake. I am a guest for Sheikh Khalid. There is no room charge.

Beydoun: Yes. I have a record for that, but not from today on.

Samantha: What are you talking about? I have a meeting with the Sheikh on Tuesday.

Beydoun: Yes. I have a note here from Mr. Mahmud that meeting no longer, as well.

Samantha: That sneaky bastard has canceled the meeting and he wants us to pay for the room from now on.

Beudoun: We have you booked into the suite until Wednesday and the charge is 22000 per night.

Samantha: The room is 22000 dollars a night!

Carrie: What?

Samantha: We can't pay that. Let them sue me.

Miranda: The punishment for not paying your hotel bill in the UAE is jail.

Samantha: What time is check-out?

Beydoun: In precisely 1 hour.

Samantha: We have an hour to pack, and get the fuck out of Abu Dhabi! New middle East my ass! Fucking Paula Abdul. Where is "she" when you need him?

Charlotte: Samantha! Samantha！I can't be ready in an hour.

Samantha: Then you better have 22,000 dollars a night!

Charlotte: Oh my god!

Miranda: I've got the bath products. They're here for the luggage.

Carrie: OK. I'm coming.

Miranda: Hi. I'm calling to reconfirm 4 first class tickets. Are you okay?

Samantha: Shorts? I no longer care. I'm going from here,to a plane, to America, where legs are not devil.

Miranda: At least zip up the jacket?

Samantha: I am having a hot flash in 119 degrees. I may die!

Miranda: Hello. We called down for 2 cabs going to the airport.

Waiter: Right away.

Miranda: Thank you.

Carrie: Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Charlotte: Oh my god!

Carrie: What?

Charlotte: I forgot to buy Harry and girls the gift! I have to get back to the gift shop!

Miranda: Get them at the airport.

Charlotte: Eww, how tacky! No. We have time.the plane isn't leaving until 6.

Miranda: Not chancing it. It's a miracle I got these seats rebooked. If anything goes wrong, we are flying back in 13 and half hours, in coach!

Samantha: Buy them some crap at the airport!

Carrie: It isn't here, my passport.

Samantha: Is it in another purse?

Carrie: No no, I had it right here next my money and the spices and they are not here either. I left it where I bought the shoes. I put it on the counter, and when I saw Aidan, I got distracted, and I...

Miranda: It's alright. It's okay.

Carrie: I have to go back.

Charlotte: What if it's not there?

Carrie: It will be there. It has to be! Miranda, will you go with me?

Miranda: Sure!

Charlotte: We'll all go with you.

Carrie: No you don't have to do that.

Samantha: Yeah like we'd dump you at Abu Dhabi.

Miranda: Sir, we need to leave the bags here. We'll come back for them. No no no no no... No sir no! Not at all！

Miranda: Will you stop with the jacket? You are flashing religious men.

Samantha: I don't care. I'm baking from the inside out. How much further?

Carrie: There he is, yeah. There he is! Hello sir. I was here the other day and I left a blue passport. Yes! That's it. Thank God! Thank Allah! Just please accept this, as a "thank you" sir.

Seller: No,no.

Carrie: Well in that case, shoes for everyone! Ok. Ladies on me. Quick! Quick!

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1. front desk: 前台。

2. room charge: 酒店的房费。

3. sneaky: 卑鄙的，鬼鬼祟祟的。我们常说的“卑鄙小人”就可以用sneaky person来表达。

4. first class：头等舱。

飞机中除了first class外，还有economy class/tourist class（经济舱）和business class（商务舱）。

5. zip up：拉上拉链。

6. hot flash：也写作hot flush，指女性更年期的潮热。

7. tacky: 俗气的，缺乏教养或风度的；也可以指油漆、胶水等未干透的；发黏的。

例如：Apply solution to the tube and allow to become tacky.（在内胎上涂抹胶水并让它发粘。）

ticky-tacky则是指“廉价劣质建筑材料”。

8. chance it: 冒险一试，碰运气，非常口语化的表达方法。

9. rebook: 改签。

例如：But luckily I was able to rebook the same day.（幸运的是，我可以重新预定当天的飞机。）

10.coach: 经济舱。

11.Allah: 阿拉，伊斯兰教中的真主。

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1. 我需要您的信用卡号支付房费。

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2. 天堂掉地狱啊。

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3. 别冒险了。能改签已经是奇迹了。

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4. 如果出一点差错，我们得坐13个半小时的普通舱！

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答案见下期

 Sex and the City《欲望都市电影版2》精讲之五参考答案

1. Certainly cuts back on the botox bill.

2. Consider this an interfriention.

3. You have to stop obsessing about the nanny.

4. With the jet lag and no hormones, who knows what kind of mood swings I'm capable of.

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UAE 阿联酋风情

阿拉伯联合酋长国一般简称阿联酋，俗称沙漠中的花朵，是一个以产油著称的中东沙漠国家，位于阿拉伯半岛东部，北濒波斯湾，海岸线长734公里。西北与卡塔尔为邻，西和南与沙特阿拉伯交界，东和东北与阿曼毗连。面积83600平方公里。人口423万（2004年），外籍人占3/4，主要来自印度、巴基斯坦等国。阿拉伯语为官方语言，通用英语。居民大多信奉伊斯兰教，多数属逊尼派；在迪拜，什叶派占多数。首都阿布扎比。

自然地理

阿联酋位于阿拉伯半岛东南端，东与阿曼毗邻，西与卡塔尔接壤，南、西南、西北与沙特交界，北临阿拉伯湾，与伊朗隔海相望。阿联酋全国总面积为8.36万平方公里，其中岛屿面积5900平方公里，国土面积为7.77万平方公里。

其中面积最大的是阿布扎比酋长国，为6.7万平方公里；其次是迪拜酋长国，面积为3900平方公里；再次是沙迦酋长国，2600平方公里；阿治曼酋长国仅为260平方公里，其余三国：哈伊马角酋长国、富查伊拉酋长国和乌姆盖万酋长国的面积总和不足2600平方公里。

阿境内除东北部有少量山地外，绝大部分是海拨200米以上的荒漠、洼地和盐滩。

受印度洋气候影响，夏季（4－10月）酷热潮湿，气温高达45摄氏度以上（最热的7月份可达50摄氏度），湿度达100%，局部沙漠地区有小沙暴。

11月至次年3月为冬季，气温不低于7摄氏度。12月至2月为雨季。全年降雨稀少，年均不足100毫米。

饮食文化

阿联酋的餐饮为阿拉伯风味，阿拉伯餐与西餐相似，包括开胃菜、汤、沙拉、烧烤、甜点。牛羊肉的做法多种多样，一大群人围坐在一起品尝烧烤，感受非凡。如果感兴趣，可以品尝一下阿拉伯甜品，阿拉伯的甜品由肉、水果、蔬菜制成，配上阿拉伯风味的酱汁，香甜可口，阿拉伯沙律则是以水果、蔬菜配上酸奶、橄榄油、盐等，即可口，又开胃。还有香酥的阿拉伯大饼，面饼上面撒上芝麻，然后烤熟，有一种纯粹的面香。阿联酋的特色菜包括：阿拉伯烤鸡、阿拉伯甜品、阿拉伯烤牛、阿拉伯烤羊。